離鄉背井

Chinese

	to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from	country; village	learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder	warn; well
trad. (離鄉背井)	離	鄉	背	井
simp. (离乡背井)	离	乡	背	井
anagram	背井離鄉／背井离乡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): líxiāngbèijǐng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ hoeng¹ bui³ zeng²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lî-hiong-pōe-chéng / lî-hiang-pōe-chéⁿ / lī-hiong-pōe-chéⁿ / lī-hiong-pōe-chíⁿ / lī-hiang-pōe-chéⁿ / lî-hiong-pōe-chíⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: líxiāngbèijǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lísiangbèijǐng
  - Wade–Giles: li²-hsiang¹-pei⁴-ching³
  - Yale: lí-syāng-bèi-jǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lishiangbeyjiing
  - Palladius: лисянбэйцзин (lisjanbɛjczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁴ hoeng¹ bui³ zeng²
  - Yale: lèih hēung bui jéng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ hoeng¹ bui³ dzeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ hêng¹ bui³ zéng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵ puːi̯³³ t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-hiong-pōe-chéng
  - Tâi-lô: lî-hiong-puē-tsíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: li'hiongpoexzeang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴ pue²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-hiang-pōe-chéⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lî-hiang-puē-tsénn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: li'hiangpoexzvea
  - IPA (Yilan): /li²⁴⁻³³ hiaŋ⁴⁴ pue³³⁻²¹ t͡sẽ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-hiong-pōe-chéⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lī-hiong-puē-tsénn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixhiongpoexzvea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³⁻²¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴ pue³³⁻²¹ t͡sẽ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-hiong-pōe-chíⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lī-hiong-puē-tsínn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixhiongpoexcvie
  - IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴ pue³³⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-hiang-pōe-chéⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lī-hiang-puē-tsénn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixhiangpoexzvea
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-hiong-pōe-chíⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lî-hiong-puē-tsínn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: li'hiongpoexcvie
  - IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴ pue³³⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ⁵³/

Idiom

離鄉背井

to leave one's hometown and move elsewhere
- 2007, “感恩的花蕊”, 詹雅雯 (lyrics), 劉清池 (music)‎^[1]performed by 詹雅雯:
  
  心的美夢～～實現　愛對叨位去　離鄉背井敢是 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  心的美梦～～实现　爱对叨位去　离乡背井敢是 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  sim ê bí-bāng ~ ~ si̍t-hiān, ài tùi tó-ūi khì, lī-hiong-pōe-chíⁿ kám-sī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 背井離鄉 (“to leave one's hometown and move elsewhere”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		背井離鄉, 離鄉背井
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	離鄉背井
Cantonese	Hong Kong	離鄉別井
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	出外鄉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	出外鄉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	出外鄉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	出外鄉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	出外鄉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	出外鄉
Southern Min	Xiamen	離鄉背井, 背井離鄉, 離鄉走路